This is an odd show because so many different people set up each time. One show can be crazy surplus heavy the next all hunting guns or pistols. About 60% private sales the rest dealers , but all check the DL and now a days request that you provide your DL number and or sign a statement that you can buy a gun and are not a felon or have a domestic dispute. All incoming guns checked and banded. I always find great stuff, depending on the show. Unfortunately, all the old links about this show with the many deals over the past 15 years are lost due to the forum crash. It is odd because there can be deals from people selling off the dead collectors collection to dealers that have crazy prices. There are a few neat display tables- but few. Not much junk. Not much really rare top end stuff in the $2000-5000 range. Not so much original Revolution or Civil War stuff. Lots of cowboy pistols WW I , WWII, Span Am and hunting stuff. Less black rifle stuff, it does not sell at top prices.
Little to no fully automatic stuff- if its there it is a display not for sale thing. I like the small junk- arrowheads,toy lead soldiers, military books, old ammo, web gear, helmets, bayonets and maybe a way under priced surplus rifle. I am getting too old to be buying stuff, and prices are just nuts. Some people only sell to non dealers and will not sell to dealers as per the dead collectors wishes. It is a wonderful show- always odd stuff & different people that may things interesting. Always surplus , but prices differ greatly. Most seem to be on the high end from dealers.

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To old to fight and to old to run, a Jar head will just shoot and be done with you.

Serial number #7922I (Price $650) This offering is for the pictured Czech K98 Mauser Rifle. Maker marked from the Czech Brno arsenals, we understand this type to be a post war arsenal build of left over wartime parts.

Good condition overall, serial numbers match bolt to receiver, the only numbered parts. Military crest is removed from the receivers top, blued finish with wear mostly on the muzzle area and sharp edges.

Stock and hand guard are sound laminated with no obvious German proofs, no provision for a cleaning rod and an ink number on the left side. Features the large winter trigger guard.

Chambered in 8mm Mauser the bore is brite and excellent. Import marked.

Libertytreecollectors just got in a scrubbed, Czech K98k and it sold ASAP in 2 days at... , hold onto your hats--- $650. Then shipping, Insu. and FFL transfer fees on top of the purchase price. Their pictures will go away soon because it's sold, but I am posting some here for reference. The picture source is Libertytree photos. Prices are really nuts on K98k rifles ???? A common, Post War Czech, winter trigger, scrubbed receiver, K98k is now worth upwards toward 600? Really? That is more like a $250 rifle, I am getting too old, or prices have just gone nuts.

At the end of When Germany capitulated in 1945, there were nearly 400,000 German soldiers in Norway (largely thanks to the efforts of the Norwegian Resistance to prevent them from being transferred south). This provided Norway with a massive supply of K98k Mauser rifles to reequip their armed forces, and they picked about 250,000 of the best condition guns (mostly early war production, naturally) to take into service. These rifles were repaired and refurbished as necessary, and given new Norwegian serial numbers on the receivers, bolts, and buttplates. They were also modified to have “U”-notch rear sights and square post front sights.

In 1953 and 54, the a program was undertaken to rebarrel the rifles from 8x57mm to .30-06 (7.62x63mm) in order to be able to use supplies of .30-06 ammunition made available by the United States. While the Norwegian Navy retained its 8mm chambering, all the other service branches had their rifles modified to use the new cartridge, and these rifles were given the new designation m/K98kF1. A second rebarreling was begun years later to convert rifles to the new 7.62mm NATO cartridge, but this was quickly abandoned and the G3 rifle adopted instead, with the Mauser going into war reserve by 1973.

In this above link are two fantastic rifles: a BYF 42 owned by dragnov18 and the BSW 38 owned by danselhd2. Just in case the link goes away or the photos disappear, I posted some highlights of each individuals rifle. These photos are taken from the above source. There are many more fine photos in the above link showing the details of each rifle. It seems both fellows are experts at taking photos. These babies are a very hard find at Wisconsin gun shows-- and if you do see a Norwegian K98k I bet the price will be sky high. These are select examples well worth looking at in above the link. What dreams are made of
Around 1952 Norway switched to the 30-06 caliber and the Nazi K98 rifles left in Norway were rebuilt and rechambered to 30-06. Specific details are mentioned on page 3 of this post and another outstanding example in a photo library is provided as a link to Badger's rifle on the bottom of page 3 .

Can it get even better see these highlights from a Norwegian BSW 38 owned by danselhd2. Again his photos from the above link. Many more photos are provided in the primary source link. All photos are danselnd2s.

The Czech, post war made K98k with the Rampant Lion crest with the "7.62" stamped above the crest at the forward edge of the receiver is a rare find today. This rifle type is reviewed on page 3. We would all have a lucky day if we found one of these and could actually afford to buy it at a gun show

I am reposting some of the picture s here because this example is as good as it gets: